Samsung Galaxy S II Gets FCC Filing

What appears to be AT&T's version of the highly-anticipated Samsung Galaxy S II was spotted on the Federal Communications Commission's website this week.

The filing, submitted on August 5 for model number "i927," doesn't explicitly call this the Samsung Galaxy S II, but it bears similarities to the unlocked version that went on sale in May. The filing mentions a landscape QWERTY slider and support for AT&T's 850/1900 frequency bands for CDMA and HSPA+; Engadget, which first spotted the filing, notes that the dimensions are off by 1 millimeter from the unlocked model.

PCMag gave the unlocked version for AT&T ($660) an PC Mag Editor's Choice award, and lead mobile analyst Sascha Segan called it "the finest Android smartphone available today." The smartphone features an 800x480 Super AMOLED Plus screen, 8-megapixel rear-facing and 2-megapixel front-facing cameras, 1.2 GHz processor, and shipped with Android 2.3, or Gingerbread. Click on the slideshow below for more views.

Based on Internet chatter, the Galaxy S II will be renamed by carriers to the Galaxy Within on Sprint, the Galaxy Function on Verizon, and the Galaxy Attain on AT&T. Apart from being one of Samsung's all-time bestselling devices, selling one every 1.5 seconds between April and July according to the manufacturer, it is also being sued for patent infringement by Apple. If Apple wins it could result on a ban on all Galaxy S devices.

It will be fascinating to watch how Verizon and AT&T doubly market both the Galaxy S II and the next-generation iPhone, which many speculate are launching this fall. Or earlier: last month a Samsung exec told reporters that it would launch in the U.S. in August.

Sara Yin is a junior analyst in the Software, Internet, and Networking group at PCmag.com, pouring most of her energy into app testing and security matters at Security Watch with Neil Rubenking. She lies awake at night pondering the state of mobile security (half-true).
Prior to joining PCMag.com, Sara spent five years reporting for publications in New York City (Huffington Post), Hong Kong (South China Morning Post), and Singapore (Campaign Asia, Men's Health).
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